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Place Matters
Criminology for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Over the last two decades, there has been increased interest in the distribution of crime and other antisocial behavior at lower levels of geography. The focus on micro geography and its contribution to the understanding and prevention of crime has been called the 'criminology of place'. It pushes...
Widows' Words
Women Write on the Experience of Grief, the First Year, the Long Haul, and Everything in Between
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2019
Becoming a widow is one of the most traumatic life events that a woman can experience. Yet, as this remarkable new collection reveals, each woman responds to that trauma differently. Here, forty-three widows tell their stories, in their own words.
Some were widowed young, while others were...
by C A L L R E
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
This is the story of a guy who started life in an ordinary way … but adversity and hardships prepared him for an extraordinary destiny. A fickle-minded youth, without really meaning to, becomes a graphic designer. Despite having passion to execute something incredible, he loses his path and becomes...
by C. W. E. Bigsby
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
First published in 1972, the work provides an introduction to Dada and Surrealism. It explores the two movements and their cultural significance. It also looks at those who called themselves Dadaists and Surrealists, including their aims and achievements. In doing so, the book identifies the meaning...
Fields Watered with Blood
Critical Essays on Margaret Walker
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
Representing an international gathering of scholars, Fields Watered with Blood—now available in paperback—constituted the first critical assessment of the full scope of Margaret Walker’s literary career. As they discuss Walker’s work, including the landmark poetry collection For My People...
by V E Borisenko, S V Gaponenko, V S Gurin;C H Kam
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
This book presents invited reviews and original short notes of recent results obtained in studies concerning the fabrication and application of nanostructures, which hold great promise for the next generation of electronic, optoelectronic and energy conversion devices.
Covering exciting and...
by Nicholas C. Markovich, Wolfgang F. E. Preiser, Fred G. Sturm
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Few architectural styles evoke so strong a sense of place as Pueblo architecture. This book brings together experts from architecture and art, archaeology and anthropology, philosophy and history, considering Pueblo style not simply architecturally, but within its cultural, religious, economic, and...
The Merry-Go-Round of Sexual Abuse
Identifying and Treating Survivors
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
The Merry-Go-Round of Sexual Abuse is a valuable guide to identifying, treating, and breaking the cycle of sexual abuse. Based on 30 years of professional experience in treating offenders and survivors of sexual assault and sexual molestation, Dr. Prendergast provides step-by-step guidelines and specialized...
by Paula S. Bauer, MD; Mark C. Horattas, MD; George L. Litman
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Masterful medicine is the pursuit of perfection. Perfection may be unattainable, but the relentless pursuit of perfection is available to all who have courage, determination and perseverance. Masters of any endeavor learn with practice to be the very best. They learn with equal measure from their successes,...
Sound Diplomacy
Music and Emotions in Transatlantic Relations, 1850-1920
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2009
The German-American relationship was special long before the Cold War; it was rooted not simply in political actions, but also long-term traditions of cultural exchange that date back to the nineteenth century. Between 1850 and 1910, the United States was a rising star in the international arena,...
by C. E. W. Bean
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2016
Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean (1879-1968), historian and journalist, was born on 18 November 1879 at Bathurst, New South Wales. In 1916-18 Bean was in France to observe every engagement of the A.I.F. Some dispatches were published as Letters from France (London, 1917). The historian's task grew larger...
by C. Jennings, W. E. J. McCarthy, R. Undy
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
This book, first published in 1990, is a practical manual which presents guidance on how to carry out and evaluate an employee relations audit. This title also provides audits for five key areas of employee relations, including communication and consultation, equality of opportunity and disciplinary...
Let It Shine!
The Emergence of African American Catholic Worship
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Let It Shine! probes the distinctive contribution of black Catholics to the life of the American church, and to the unfolding of lived Christianity in the United States. This important book explores the powerful spiritual renaissance that has marked African American life and selfunderstanding over...
Friends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community
Everything I Know about Relationships I Learned from Television
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Friends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community analyzes how television narratives form the first decade of the twenty-first century are powerful socializing agents which both define and limit the types of acceptable interpersonal relationships between co-workers, friends, romantic partners, family members,...